Following two years of price reductions, Progress Energy Carolinas customers in North Carolina will pay slightly more for electricity beginning Dec. 1, reflecting increases in the cost of power plant fuel and energy-efficiency programs.

It’s that time of year in Florida. In the coming months, citrus trees will be ripe for harvesting. Progress Energy encourages homeowners to be particularly aware of trees growing near power lines as they use fruit picking poles to harvest this bounty.

RALEIGH (Oct. 30, 2011) -- Progress Energy has deployed approximately 200 company employees and contractors to assist with power restorations in northern states following a historic snowstorm that hit the region over the weekend and left millions without power. Crews assembled Sunday morning and began their journey around midday.

Progress Energy Carolinas today announced an 18-month research-and-development project with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to evaluate the effects of widespread, small-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) systems on the electric grid.